What does a Practitioner Certification Level 2 exam day look/feel like?
Usually we meet at the PA campus at 9 A.M. and do a quick meet-and-greet session. Depending on the weather forecast the morning is usually spent inside. The testing begins with a comprehensive written exam approximately 40-50 questions. The questions include multiple choice, true/false, short answer and fill-in-the-blank. A knot tying, identification and recognition session, followed by challenge course equipment identification round out the morning. After lunch, served at our conference center, we go out to the challenge course where participants are observed leading a low element. A session on the high elements including belay gear set-up, running the element, doing a belay escape and a belay gear retrieval follows the lows. Next we move on to the final practical piece involving a cutaway rescue. Time permitting, we do a quick feedback, check-in session to let individuals know where they are. We do final grading and notification of certification at a later date. All in all, it can be
